{"id":100700,"date":"2025-10-31T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=100700"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:20:09","slug":"slam-dunk-2026-announcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/slam-dunk-2026-announcement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Knocked Loose and More Complete Slam Dunk Festival 2026 Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second (and final) wave of acts for next year&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Slam Dunk Festival<\/strong> has been revealed. It&#8217;s led by\u00a0<strong>Knocked Loose,<\/strong> who will headline one of two new side-by-side main stages dedicated metalcore, hardcore and post-hardcore. It will also feature other new additions\u00a0<strong>Malevolence<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Currents<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Comeback Kid<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Saosin<\/strong>, <strong>Heriot<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Guilt Trip.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overalll, there are 27 new names announced with a mix of veterans such as <strong>Bayside<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>A Loss For Words<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Madina Lake<\/strong> appearing alongside emerging names\u00a0<strong>Beauty School<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Origami Angel<\/strong>, and <strong>Pest Control<\/strong>. Some of the other notable additions are\u00a0<strong>State Champs<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Boston Manor<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Punk Rock Factory<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Trash Boat,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Static Dress<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Vukovi<\/strong>. Meanwhile, <strong>Deaf Havana<\/strong> will be celebrating the 15th Anniversary of<em> \u2018Fools and Worthless Liars\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s news <a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/slam-dunk-2026-announcement-1\/\">follows last month&#8217;s initial announcement<\/a>, which saw the likes of <strong>Good Charlotte<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sublime<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Taking Back Sunday<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Menzingers<\/strong>, and more heading to the late May Bank Holiday gathering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ah-infobox\" style=\"max-width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 20px auto; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\"><style>.ah-infobox p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }<\/style><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100704 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slam-Dunk-Festival-2026-Poster_Oct-31st-v2-640x800.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slam-Dunk-Festival-2026-Poster_Oct-31st-v2-640x800.webp 640w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slam-Dunk-Festival-2026-Poster_Oct-31st-v2-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slam-Dunk-Festival-2026-Poster_Oct-31st-v2-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slam-Dunk-Festival-2026-Poster_Oct-31st-v2-1229x1536.webp 1229w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Slam-Dunk-Festival-2026-Poster_Oct-31st-v2.webp 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>New Additions:<\/h3>\n<p>Knocked Loose<br \/>\nA Loss For Words<br \/>\nAngel Du$t<br \/>\nBayside<br \/>\nBeauty School<br \/>\nBoston Manor<br \/>\nCall Me Amour<br \/>\nComeback Kid<br \/>\nCurrents<br \/>\nDead Pony<br \/>\nDeaf Havana<br \/>\nDying Wish<br \/>\nGuilt Trip<br \/>\nHands Like Houses<br \/>\nHeriot<br \/>\nMadina Lake<br \/>\nMalevolence<br \/>\nOrigami Angel<br \/>\nPest Control<br \/>\nPunk Rock Factory<br \/>\nSaosin<br \/>\nSiM<br \/>\nState Champs<br \/>\nStatic Dress<br \/>\nTrash Boat<br \/>\nVukovi<br \/>\nYouth Fountain<\/p>\n<h3>Previously Announced<\/h3>\n<p>Good Charlotte (European Exclusive)<br \/>\nSublime (First-ever UK Show)<br \/>\nA<br \/>\nAllister<br \/>\nBroadside<br \/>\nBury Tomorrow<br \/>\nCancer Bats<br \/>\nCartel<br \/>\nDashboard Confessional<br \/>\nDriveways<br \/>\nGoldfinger<br \/>\nHawthorne Heights<br \/>\nMotion City Soundtrack<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nSet Your Goals<br \/>\nStand Atlantic<br \/>\nTaking Back Sunday<br \/>\nThe Home Team<br \/>\nThe Menzingers<br \/>\nThe Suicide Machines<br \/>\nTonight Alive<br \/>\nUnpeople<br \/>\nZebrahead<\/p>\n<h3>Dedicated Heavy Side-By-Side Stages Line-Up<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100705 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SDF-Heavy-stages-v2-640x800.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SDF-Heavy-stages-v2-640x800.webp 640w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SDF-Heavy-stages-v2-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SDF-Heavy-stages-v2-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SDF-Heavy-stages-v2-1228x1536.webp 1228w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SDF-Heavy-stages-v2.webp 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Slam Dunk Festival<\/strong>\u00a0takes place Hatfield Park on Saturday 23rd May and Leeds Temple Newsam on Sunday 24th May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale this Saturday, 27th September, 10am at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamdunkfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slamdunkfestival.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 new names join SDF 2026 as the festival goes heavy for its 20th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[181],"class_list":["post-100700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-slam-dunk-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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